Tournament news, match recaps and daily updates, with each recap labeled by the day it covers.
The latest China Open 2026 news — one daily update, dated Sep 30, 2026: results, upsets, and the storylines that shaped each day.
The China Open 2026 daily recap for Sep 30, 2026 names 10 players.
Main-draw play at the WTA 1000 China Open began in Beijing on Wednesday. The highest-ranked player in action, WTA No. 37 Talia Gibson, lost in the first round. Qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich, ranked 121st, won 6-1, 6-4. She broke serve five times and dropped her own serve once.
Wild card Yue Yuan, ranked 134th, beat 47th-ranked Oleksandra Oliynykova, who held only two of her eight service games. Another qualifier, 140th-ranked Maddison Inglis, defeated 58th-ranked Zeynep Sonmez in straight sets.
In the day's only meeting between top-50 players, Janice Tjen came from a set down to beat Anhelina Kalinina 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
All 16 of Wednesday's winners play a seed in the second round. Sasnovich plays 19th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, and Yuan gets fourth seed Mirra Andreeva.